What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director of Financial Planning and Analysis position at Heartland Food Products Group?
This high-profile position reports to the CFO and will be overseeing the forecasting, budgeting, and financial analysis processes, as well as providing strategic financial insights to support the organization's growth and profitability. The ideal candidate will have strong leadership skills, a deep understanding of financial management principles, and a proven track record of driving process improvements. The individual will be responsible for the planning of our global portfolio of companies within the Heartland Food Products Group.
This role is 100% in office at our Carmel, Indiana corporate office.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Manage and oversee the annual budgeting, forecasting, and long-range financial planning processes of our international organization and portfolio companies.
- Assist with analyzing monthly financial statements and report on variances in budget and trends.
- Collaborating with senior leadership to define and measure key performance indicators (KPIs) that align with the company's strategic goals
- Review and Report on monthly product line profitability report (PLPR) and customer contribution margin report.
- Planning of balance sheets and cash flows forecasting of entities across multiple currencies.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment of financial plans with strategic objectives.
- Evaluate potential investments, mergers, and acquisitions to support growth initiatives.
- Evaluate the need for any risk management and hedging opportunities, including foreign currency, interest rate risk and commodity exposures.
- Review and supporting quarterly financial statements, MD&A, and annual reporting.
- Assist Corporate Tax Department in Forecasting for Income Tax Planning and forecasting.
- Identify areas of improvement and automation efficiency, including documenting and perform testing of internal controls within the Company’s policies and procedures.
- Facilitating the capital allocation process, ensuring resources are optimally deployed to support business priorities
- Enhancing financial systems and processes to improve forecasting accuracy, reporting efficiency, and data-driven decision-making
- Supporting special projects as they arise, such as M&A due diligence, business combinations, automation projects, and other process improvements.
- Other projects, as assigned
QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s or higher degree in Accounting or Finance
- Strong understanding of accounting under USGAAP
- CPA designation preferred
- 8 years accounting/finance experience.
- Previous FP&A, Controller or Internal/External Audit experience utilizing an ERP system a plus.
- Public accounting and consumer products industry experience preferred.
- Highly detail oriented and organized in work
- Ability to meet assigned deadlines
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a customer service focus.
- Ability to act and operate independently and work cooperatively and collaboratively with all levels of employees, management, and external agencies to maximize performance, creativity, problem solving, and results.
